Not many people would have listed Ivana Spanovic as a likely medallist ahead of the IAAF World Championships this summer but the Serbian long jumper finally showed she can rise to the occasion in Moscow and intends to do so again at the IAAF World Indo...

Gebregziabher Gebremariam, the 2009 World cross-country champion, is the fastest man in the field for the Fukuoka Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 1 December.

Kenyan duo Florence Kiplagat and Emmanuel Bett made light of damp conditions and very high winds in Portsmouth to take the men s and women s titles at Sunday s (27) Great South Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Kenyans Vincent Kipruto and Caroline Kilel triumphed at the BMW Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, where stormy and wet weather ruined hopes for record performances on Sunday (27).

Breaking from her final challenger in the 35th kilometre, Caroline Chepkwony cruised to a 2:27:27 victory at the 18th Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon on Sunday (27).

Kenyans Nixon Kipkoech Machichim and Mercy Jerotich Kibarus took the honours at the Venice Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (27).